Re: Embedding Emacs in other apps

[Tassilo Horn]

On Sunday 06 June 2010 23:14:37 Eric Schulte wrote:

Hi Eric,

> >> I've wondered if it is possible to embed emacs in other
> >> applications, so for example that I can edit textfields in my
> >> browser using emacs.  I quickly found this NEWS entry for emacs 23.
> >>
> >> | *** Emacs now supports the XEmbed specification.
> >>
> >> But this --parent-id option is only available to emacs, not
> >> emacsclient.  Is that intended or technically not feasible
> >> otherwise?
> >
> > I've just added a --parent-id option to emacsclient.  Thanks to Jan
> > for a helpful testcase.
> 
> Has any progress been made in this area?

At least not on my side.

> Are there any existing demos of an XEmbedding Emacs into another
> application?

Joakim Verona has embedded emacs in emacs.  Have a look at the Xembed
page on emacswiki, which shows a nice screenshot:
http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/EmacsXembed

Bye,
Tassilo